Welcome to my photography site!

My name is Maura van der Linden and I have a passion for storytelling. Though this passion first showed itself on pen and paper (or at least on screen and keyboard), I took up photography so I could try to tell stories in a different way. I'm a technical writer and freelance editor during the day, so it's a pleasure and a challenge to turn to a medium that doesn't use words at all.

I'm a relatively new photographer based near Woodinville, Washington and am focused on learning my new art at the moment, though I do take a limited number of local assignments since I learn extremely well on the fly.

I'll use this blog to showcase my work as I learn and to give my experiences as a self-taught photographer who is not doing this as my main job.

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

How to Mortify your Pre-Teen

I went to my pre-teen’s art fair at his school yesterday and brought my camera since I’d notices some purple flowers opening up at his school. After we did a brisk tour of the various art displays and picked up his artwork, I went over to the flowers with my camera and started taking pictures. I got some really nice flower close-ups, too!